. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . d himself to inspection and becoming familiar withthe officers and men. In three days he had looked squarelyin the face every man in the command. He attended th<idrills, and saw that the command was one of which he could,be justly proud. About 9 oclock of the night of June 7th, an officer of Gen-eral Shafters staff came to Wheeler, and stated that ordersfrom Washington made it imperative that the commancishould embark at dayligh
. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . d himself to inspection and becoming familiar withthe officers and men. In three days he had looked squarelyin the face every man in the command. He attended th<idrills, and saw that the command was one of which he could,be justly proud. About 9 oclock of the night of June 7th, an officer of Gen-eral Shafters staff came to Wheeler, and stated that ordersfrom Washington made it imperative that the commancishould embark at daylight, and that a train of cars would b«:ready at 11 oclock that night to take the division to Pori:Tampa, a distance of nine miles. Camps were struck and shortly after the command reachedPort Tampa. A second telegram from Washington directeda delay until the following Monday. It was understood thatthe sudden order which caused them to leave that night wasoccasioned by a telegram from Admiral Sampson, stating thatif ten thousand men were promptly sent to Santiago he couldcapture Cerveras fleet and the garrison in the city. Thatmessage, as since verified, reads:.
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